Awards & Winners

Jim Clark

Date of Birth 24-May-1931
Place of Birth Boston
(United Kingdom, Lincolnshire)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as James Clark, James Clark
Profession Film Editor, Film director, Voice Actor, Actor
Jim Clark is a British film editor and director. Clark was born in 1931, and grew up in Boston, Lincolnshire. Clark moved to London, and in 1951 he began work as an assistant editor at the legendary Ealing Studios. Subsequently, Clark worked as a freelance assistant editor on two films directed by Stanley Donen and edited by Jack Harris. When Harris declined the opportunity to work on Donen's subsequent film, Surprise Package, Donen gave Clark the job. As Clark later wrote, He received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for the editing of The Killing Fields; he received a second BAFTA Award for editing The Mission. Clark was also nominated for BAFTA Awards for his editing of the films Vera Drake and Marathon Man. In 2005, Clark received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. Responding to a question about the major influences on his editing, Clark said As a director he was responsible for Rentadick and Madhouse starring Vincent Price. Clark now lives in Kensington with his wife Laurence Méry-Clark, who is also a film and television editor. They married in 1961 and have three children. In 2011 Clark's autobiography Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing was published, receiving warm reviews from The Guardian and The Observer.

Awards by Jim Clark

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jim Clark.

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Editing Vera Drake

1987


BAFTA Award for Best Editing
Honored for : The Mission

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Editing The Mission

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Mission

1985


BAFTA Award for Best Editing
Honored for : The Killing Fields

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Editing The Killing Fields

1984


Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Honored for : The Killing Fields

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Killing Fields

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Editing Marathon Man